The role of small-RNAs in regulating stress-induced responses in Nicotiana attenuata [Elektronische Ressource] / Shree Prakash Pandey

The role of small-RNAs in regulating stress-induced responses in Nicotiana attenuata Dissertation Zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Biologisch-Pharmazeutischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Master of Science (Agriculture) in Genetics and Plant Breeding Shree Prakash Pandey geboren am 28. 07. 1978 in Varanasi, India Gutachter 1. Prof. Dr. Ian T. Baldwin 2. Prof. Dr. Ralf Oelmüller 3. Prof. Dr. Detlef Weigel Tag der Doktoprüfung: 11.01.2008 Tag der öffentlichen verteidigung: 30.01.2008 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................1 1.1 Stress and Stress responses ...........................................................................................1 1.2 Phenotypic plasticity......................................................................................................2 1.3 Nicotiana attenuata .......................................................................................................4 1.4 The world of small-RNAs...............................................................................................5 MANUSCRIPT OVERVIEW ..................................................................